(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an aldehyde; having the character of an aldehyde.
amphicyon
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
anonychia
anonychia
noun
(medicine) The absence of nails.
archicyte
archigony
arhythmic
arhythmic
Adjective
Having no rhythm.
arrythmic
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
biophysic
blotchily
blotchily
adv
In a blotchy manner.
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brachytic
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
caddishly
caddishly
adv
In a caddish manner.
cattishly
cattishly
adv
In a cattish manner.
chairlady
chairlady
noun
(chiefly dated) chairwoman
chalybite
chalybite
noun
(mineralogy) Native iron carbonate.
chammying
chammying
verb
present participle of chammy
chantilly
chariotry
charybdis
charybdis
Proper noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
A general term for any dangerous whirlpool
chemiatry
chemiatry
noun
iatrochemistry
chemistry
chemistry
noun
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
cherilynn
cherimoya
cherimoya
noun
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
cherrying
cherrying
noun
The gathering of cherries.
chicanery
chicanery
noun
(countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
chicayote
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chilotomy
chimbleys
chimbleys
noun
plural of chimbley
chimneyed
chimneyed
adj
containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
chinesery
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chippeway
chirality
chirality
noun
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness
chirimoya
chirimoya
noun
Alternative form of cherimoya
chirology
chirology
noun
Palm reading.
The use of the manual alphabet; signing.
chironomy
chironomy
noun
(music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures.
(rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts.
chiropody
chiropody
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
chirotony
chirotony
noun
(religion) The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite
chirotype
chivvying
chivvying
noun
The act of one who chivvies, or hurries somebody along; an urging.
verb
present participle of chivvy
chlamydia
chlamydia
noun
(countable) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals.
(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.
choirboys
choirboys
noun
plural of choirboy
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
choristry
chrismary
christyna
chrysalid
chrysalid
adj
of or relating to a chrysalis.
noun
Archaic form of chrysalis.
chrysalis
chrysalis
noun
(figurative) A limiting environment or situation.
The cocoon itself.
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
chrysazin
chrysazin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, a stimulant laxative formally derived from anthraquinone.
chrysenic
chrysidid
chrysidid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.
chrysopid
chrysopid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
chrysorin
chrysotis
chylified
chylified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chylify
chyliform
chyliform
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling chyle.
chymified
chymified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chymify
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
chymosins
chymosins
noun
plural of chymosin
cinenchym
cockishly
coltishly
coltishly
adv
In a coltish manner.
conchylia
conhydrin
cookishly
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
crunchily
crunchily
adv
In a crunchy manner.
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cubbishly
cubbishly
adv
In a cubbish manner.
currishly
currishly
adv
In a currish manner; like a cur or knave.
cyanophil
cyanophil
noun
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
cyclolith
cynophile
cynophile
noun
A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
cynthiana
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
cyphonism
cyphonism
noun
(formerly, by confusion) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.
An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
cystolith
cystolith
noun
(botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
(medicine) A urinary calculus.
diachrony
diachrony
noun
The study of change over time, especially changes to language
diachylon
diachylon
noun
(medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
diachylum
diachylum
noun
Alternative form of diachylon.
dichelyma
dichogamy
dichogamy
noun
(biology) The condition in which an organism changes sex during its lifetime.
dichotomy
dichotomy
noun
(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
diglyphic
diptychon
doohickey
doohickey
noun
A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)
duncishly
duncishly
adv
In a duncish manner.
dyarchies
dyarchies
noun
plural of dyarchy
dyschiria
dyschroia
dysphagic
dysphagic
adj
Having or relating to dysphagia.
noun
A person who has dysphagia.
dysphasic
dysphasic
adj
Having or relating to dysphasia.
noun
A person who has dysphasia.
dysphonic
dysphonic
adj
Having or relating to dysphonia.
noun
A person who has dysphonia.
dysphoric
dysphoric
adj
Causing dysphoria
Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria.
noun
Such a person
dysphotic
dysphotic
adj
Alternative spelling of disphotic
dysthymic
dysthymic
adj
Having or relating to dysthymia.
noun
A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
echinomys
echoingly
echoingly
adv
In an echoing way.
epihydric
epiphytic
epiphytic
adj
(biology, botany) Of or pertaining to an epiphyte
noun
Synonym of epiphyte
erythemic
erythemic
adj
(medicine) Erythematous.
eschynite
eschynite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium.
ethically
ethically
adv
Concerning ethics.
In an ethical manner.
ethnicity
ethnicity
noun
(casual, euphemistic) Race; common ancestry.
An ethnic group.
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
ethnodicy
ethylenic
ethylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to or characteristic of ethylene
eucryphia
eucryphia
noun
Any tree of the genus Eucryphia
eurythmic
eurythmic
adj
(music) harmonious
of, or relating to, eurythmics
of, or relating to, eurythmy
euthycomi
eutychian
eutychian
Adjective
Pertaining to Eutyches, to Eutychianism, or to Eutychians.
Noun
One who believes in Eutychianism.
fishyback
frenchify
frenchify
verb
(intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
(transitive) To make French or more French-like in any way.
(transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
frenchily
geophytic
geophytic
adj
Relating to geophytes
gothicity
gothicity
Noun
Gothicness.
graphicly
graphicly
adv
Archaic form of graphically.
grouchily
grouchily
adv
In a grouchy manner
gynarchic
gynarchic
adj
Of or pertaining to gynarchy.
habitancy
hackingly
hackingly
adv
In a hacking manner; brokenly or jerkily.
haecceity
haecceity
noun
(philosophy) The essence of a particular thing that gives it its unique particularity; those qualities that make an individual this specific individual and not some other.
hagiarchy
hagiarchy
noun
A sacred government run by holy people.
halcyonic
haruspicy
haruspicy
noun
The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
hedychium
helically
helically
adv
In a helical manner, spirally.
hemicrany
hemicrany
noun
Dated form of hemicrania.
hemicycle
hemicycle
noun
(architecture) A semicircular structure
semicircle
hemitypic
hemolytic
hemolytic
adj
Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
hercynian
hercynian
Adjective
Of or relating to the an extensive forest in ancient Germany.
hercynite
hercynite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing aluminum, iron, and oxygen.
heroicity
heroicity
noun
The quality of being heroic.
hesitancy
hesitancy
noun
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
hierarchy
hierarchy
noun
A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
A social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.
Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
hircosity
hircosity
noun
(rare) The quality of being hircose, or goatish.
histocyte
histocyte
noun
Alternative form of histiocyte (uncommon variant)
hologynic
holotypic
holotypic
adj
Relating to a holotype
homolytic
homolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis
homonymic
homonymic
adj
Having the same form (orthographic/phonetic) but unrelated meaning.
homotypic
homotypic
adj
(botany) Said of a taxon name which shares the exact same type as a different name and thus must necessarily refer to the same taxon.